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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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War Service Homes Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 1

Up to June 30 last the War Service Homes Commission provided nearly 27,000 homes for applicants under the Act…

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Greek War Debt London, August 26

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Athens correspondent reports that the Greek Government has cabled the Greek Minister in London definite authority to sign the…

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The French War Debt Offer of Settlement (Reuter's Message.) London, August 26

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

The British Government has authorised Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Ekchequer, to finally offer a settlement of the French war debt on…

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A War Memorial at Mont St. Quentin Marshal Foch Unveils (Reuter's Message.) London, August 30

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Amiens correspondent reports:— Sir Joseph. Cook, Australian High Commissioner, this morning placed a…

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The War Memorial

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. Cole, secretary of the War Memorial, reported to-day that Mr. W. Miller, an expert, arrived by this morning's express to supervise the…

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European Situation War Correspondent's Views Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 1

Germany may have the will to fight, but she has not got the necessary heavy guns, aeroplanes and tanks, and it is impossible to make such…

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Britain's New Battleship First Since the War (Renter's Message.) London, September 3

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 4

The first post-war battleship for Britain, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., was launched at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne by Mrs. W. C…

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War Service Homes High Court Decision Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 1

The claim of the War Service Homes Commissioner for £15,000 damages against J. and H. Kirkpatrick in respect of a…

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War Memorial Unveiling Ceremony Is Fixed for October 11. Sir John Monash Coming

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 3

A meeting of the War Memorial Committee was held at the Town Hall last night. Apologies were received from Messrs. Wicks, White, Bayly and…

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War in Morocco Peace Terms Not Received States Leader of Kitfs (The ''Times" Message.) London, September 6

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 4

Abdel Krim, leader of the Riffs, again, complains through the Tangier correspondent of the "Times" that the Franco-Spanish peace terms were…

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Notes and Comments the War MEMORlAL

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 2

Judging from the progress made to the present, Broken Hill's war memorial is going to be a monument worthy of the men and deeds it is being…

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War Memorial Good Progress with Work

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1925 · page 1

Good progress is being made with the erection of the War Memorial, and to-day the last stone of the structure for carrying the figure of the digger…

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War Memorial Work Proceeding Apace

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 1

Work is proceeding apace on the War Memorial, and to-day men were engaged in getting the stones ready to receive the figure of the digger…

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War in Morocco Riffs' Counter Stroke to the Spanish Landing (Reuter's Message.) London, September 10

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Madrid correspondent reports — Abdel Krim has apparently launched a counter stroke to the Spanish landing at Alhucemas, according to a…

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War Service Homes Case Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

In the High Court yesterday afternoon Mr. Justice Stark granted leave to discontinue the action in which the War Service Homes…

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The War Memorial the "Digger" in Position

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

An interested group of spectators lined the Courthouse fence practically throughout to-day watching the preparations being made for the hoisting…

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War Memorial the Finishing Touches Are Now Being Put on Opinions of Citizens

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 1

The War Memorial continues to be an object of interest to those passing it, altnough to-day the view was marred by bagging which had been placed,…

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TENNIS. U.S.A. National Singles. Lacoste Allowed to Stay by French War Office (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, September 15

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 3

A message from Forest Hills states that Lacoste, the French tennis player, has been permitted to remain a week to finish the United States national…

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The War Memorial

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

The four bronze tablets bearing the names of the fallen were attached, to the war memorial to-day.one plate being fixed on each side of the base…

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Scorpion Kills Three People War on a Deadly Pest

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 5

A dispatch from Mexico City to a New York paper recently states that a plague of scorpions has appeared in the State of Durango…

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